Change apparatus.



PATENTED JUNE 25, 1907.

B. P. BBASLEY. CHANGE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION TILBD JAN. 23, 190B.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

BENJAMN F. BEASLEY, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO RURICK N. BEASLEY, OF PAINT'LICK, KENTUCKY.

CHANGE APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

Application led January 23, 1906. Serial No. 297.487.

To al?, wtorrt it may concern/.-

Be it known that l, BENJAurN F. BEAsLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Change Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in change devices, comprehending specifically a construction arranged to permit the automatic discharge of a predetermined number of coins upon the introduction into the machine of a coin of certain value.

The main object of the present invention resides in the production of a money changer in which the parts may be readily arranged to automaticallyT discharge a lixed number of coins from a magazine, the construction providing for the positive locking of the discharge mechanism at all times except upon the introduction of a coin of predetermined value.

The preferred details of construction will be fullyl described in the following specification, wherein particular reference is h ad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine constructed in accordance with my invention, one side wall of the casing being removed. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. .3 is a section on line 3&3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Referring particularly-to the drawings, our

'improved money changer comprises a casing 1 of a suitable size and shape, designed to contain one or any number of the money changing mechanisms to be later described.

In this connection it is to be understood that we contemplate combining in a single casing such number of the changing mechanisms as will provide for changing each of the` coms in use, though if desired the casing may be of a size to contain but one such mechanism:

The changing mechanism proper comprises a receptacle 2, hereinafter termed the discharge box, designed to be secured to the side walls ofthe casing, with the front wall of the box immediately adjacent the front wall of the casing. The box is ofhollow con` struction, inclosed on all sides, and adapted to contain the discharge slide, as hereinafter noted. On the upper side the box is provided with a circumferential flange 3, designed to receive and support the coin magazine 4, the latter being of tube like formation and of a diameter to receive, and contain in superimposed order the coins forming the change. The upper end of the magazine l1s slightly flared and terminates below and 1n alinement with a feed chute 5, opening through the upper wall of the casing and serving to permit the introduction of coms into the magazine as may be necessary. To one side of the magazine is arranged the com chute 6, extending through the forward Wall of the casing and re isterin with a suitable openin in a plate 7 esigne to be secured to said wa l, whereby the coins for which change is desired may be introduced into the machine. The chute extends toward the rear wall ofthe easing, being slightly greater in len th than the length of the discharge box, an terminating on a plane somewhat above the box in a discharge mouth 8. From the forward wall of the casing to the mouth portion, the chute is of skeleton or open formation, comprising simply upper and lower strips 9 and 10, the former preferably comprising spaced parallel plates, while the latter comprises a single plate concavo-convex in section to form a groove or guide way for the coins. The mouth end of the chute is preferably inclosed as shown, the delivery end proper of this portion opening downward, and being oi'set or slightly curved toward the forward wall of the casing 1, thereby providing a projection within the chute proper which serves to guard against the introduction of a wire or the like for the unauthorized operation of the machine.

A trip 11 is pivotally supported upon the box 2, said trip comprising a lever of a length to extend in both directions beyond the box. The rear end of the lever directly underlies the mouth of the coin chute, and is provided with a coin holder 12, comprising a box like receptacle open only at the top and rearside, the open top of the holder embracing the mouth of the coin chute.

A discharge slide 13 is mounted for reciprocation within the box 2, being provided with a forwardly projecting linger piece 14 extending through an opening in the forward wall of the casing, where y to permit manual operation of the slide under suitable conditions of the parts. The slide is formed IOO K -v :1 .l'iltw Y ,efirdl'flgit r.

with an op 15 arrange vevhen the slide is inA its forwar or normal position, to register with the opening in the box in alinement with the magazine. In the rearward or operative position of the slide the opening 15 registers with an opening 16 formed in the bottom of the box and in communication with a discharge chute 17, secured to the box and inclining downwardly therefrom. The forward end of the chute 17 opens through the forward wall of the casing, immediately above a coin tray 18 whereby to deliver the coins to a position accessible to the operator` 'lhe forward end of the trip lever 11 is provided with a depending latch 19, preferably in the form of a plate secured to the lever, which is designed, when the parts are in normal position, to engage a notch 20 formed in one edge of the finger piece 14, as shown in Fig. 2. rlhe trip lever is so mounted as to favor the forward end thereof, so that said lever is normally in approximately horizontal position, in which arrangement of parts thelatch 19 is in locking engagement with the finger piece and operation of the discharge slide is thereby prevented.

An auxiliary coin holder 21 is arranged to normally underlie the main coin holder 12, comprising a box like receptacle open at the top, forward edge, and bottom. The auxiliary coin holder is provided with a forwardly' extending bar 22 designed to be secured to the discharge slide, whereby said holder is reciprocated in the movement of the slide. In the normal position of the parts, as illustrated in Fig. 3, the auxiliary coin holder partially embraces and directly underlies the main coin holder. A coin receiver 23 is arranged beneath the auxiliary holder, being preferably in the form of a longitudinally slotted tube having a Haring mouth 24, and suitably marked or scaled to indicate the number of coins held therein.

In operation the coin desired to be changed is introduced into the coin chute 6, th'e latter being sufficiently inclined toward its discharge end to cause the coin to travel lengthwise the chute by gravity. The coin drops into the main coin holder 12, depressing the rear end of the trip and disengaging the latch 19 from the finger piece. The discharge slide is now free for manual operation, and may be moved rearward to aline the opening 15 therein with the discharge opening 16 in the box. In the normal position of the slide the opening 15 is in alinement with the magazine, so that a plurality of the coins carried in the magazinewill be deposited within said opening 15, the thickness of the slide proper determining the number of coins which will be held within its opening. In the rearward movements of the slide, the coins carried in the opening 15 will be discharged through the opening 16 into the discharge chute Land 1delivered to the tray. In the rearward movement of the slide the auxiliary coin 'holder 21 is also carried rearwardly, thereby uncovering the rear open edge of the main coin holder and permitting the coin carried thereby to drop into the auxiliary coin holder and through the o'pen bottom of the same into the receiver, as clearly 'shown in dotted outline in Fig. 2.

The discharge slide 13 is preferably of wood, and to provide for the cutting off of the coins from those in the magazine during the movement of the slide, I prefer to provide the upper surface of the slide with a cut off plate 23 of metal.

The coin chute is designed to receive a determinate coin only, the spacing of the plates 9 and the size of the opening in the chute preventing the use of other coin to operate the machine. In order to prevent the use of counterfeit coins having the size of the determinatecoin, I arrange a magnet 24 adjacent the receiving end ofthe chute and slightly to one side of and between the bars 9 and 10, said magnet serving to delect'any such counterfeit coins as may be introduced, and causing them to drop to one side of the chute.

It is obvious that the amount of change delivered by the machine in a single operation,

will be determined only by the size of the receiving opening 15 in the slide, and I contemplate so forming said'opening as to deliver any predetermined number of coins from theV magazine.

By this construction the machine is readily adapted for use as a change maker, to deliver the value of a predetermined coin in a number of smaller coins, or the machine may be readily adapted to deliver but a definite value of coin in exchange for the coin introduced.

By this arrangement the machine may be made to serve as an automatic cash register, in which a definite amount of money due a customer from a coin given in exchange for a purchase, may be delivered by the machine in exchange for the coin, as for example, the slide 15 may be adapted to deliver but say one nickel, in which event the coin by which the machine is adapted to be operated, say a fifty cent piece, when introduced into the machine will result in the delivery of but a single nickel in the tray, thus checking the clerk making the sale, and insuring the deposit of the original coin before the purpiaser can secure the change or balance due It is to be understood that as before stated I contemplate the use of a number of such change mechanisms as above described in a single casing, the coin chute of each being adapted for coperation with coins of different values, while the magazine and slide are adapted for coperation with the coins in the number desired to furnish the exact value in IOO the 'coin deposited in coins of smaller value, or a predetermined number of such smaller value coins.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A change apparatus comprising a magazine, a discharge chute formed with a coin receiving opening, a discharge slide adapted for manual manipulation and formed with an opening to register with the magazine in the normal position of the slide and with the discharge chute in the operative position of the slide, a coin chute to receive the deposited coin,1 the discharge end of said chute being open, a trip to lool; the slide against movement, a main coin holder carried by the trip and underlying the open end ol'v the chute, said coin holder being opened at one end for the discharge of the coin, and an auxiliary coin holder normally closing the open end of the main coin holder and movable With the slide to uncover the open end ofthe main coin holder and permit delivery of the coins therefrom.

2. A change ap aratus comprising a magazine, a discharge c ute formed with a coin receiving opening, a discharge slide adapted for manual manipulation and formed with an opening to register with the magazine in the normal position of the slide and with the discharge chute in the operative position of the slide, a coin chute to receive the deposited coin, the discharge end of said chute being open, a trip to lock the slide against movement, a main coin holder carried by the trip and underlying the open end of the chute, said main coin holder being formed with an open end to permit discharge of the coins, a coin receiver, and an 'auxiliary coin holder formed with a projecting end to normally close the open end of the main coin holder and movable with the slide to uncover the open end of the main coin holder for delivering the coins from the main coin holder to the receiver.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. BEASLEY.

Witnesses:

E. C. MCWHORTER, GUY RICE. 

